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| author | Samuel Thibault <sthibault@debian.org> | 2010-09-05 22:34:59 +0000 |
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| committer | Samuel Thibault <sthibault@debian.org> | 2010-09-05 22:34:59 +0000 |
| commit | c2ede88b730e074da89d3aa310aae7419f78fdbd (patch) | |
| tree | 68fdbb60cab792249c060baabefc68cf0a276717 /nl/partitioning | |
| parent | 720b445d8a4335a5d27239ea6f08ca2fb7d9fbc3 (diff) | |
| download | installation-guide-c2ede88b730e074da89d3aa310aae7419f78fdbd.zip | |
* Replace Linuxish bits with per-port entities in partition sizing.
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| -rw-r--r-- | nl/partitioning/sizing.xml | 10 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/nl/partitioning/sizing.xml b/nl/partitioning/sizing.xml index 3a7441dc6..665627d5c 100644 --- a/nl/partitioning/sizing.xml +++ b/nl/partitioning/sizing.xml @@ -6,19 +6,19 @@ <title>Deciding on Debian Partitions and Sizes</title> <para> -At a bare minimum, GNU/Linux needs one partition for itself. You can +At a bare minimum, GNU/&arch-kernel; needs one partition for itself. You can have a single partition containing the entire operating system, applications, and your personal files. Most people feel that a separate swap partition is also a necessity, although it's not strictly true. <quote>Swap</quote> is scratch space for an operating system, which allows the system to use disk storage as <quote>virtual -memory</quote>. By putting swap on a separate partition, Linux can make much -more efficient use of it. It is possible to force Linux to use a +memory</quote>. By putting swap on a separate partition, &arch-kernel; can make much +more efficient use of it. It is possible to force &arch-kernel; to use a regular file as swap, but it is not recommended. </para><para> -Most people choose to give GNU/Linux more than the minimum number of +Most people choose to give GNU/&arch-kernel; more than the minimum number of partitions, however. There are two reasons you might want to break up the file system into a number of smaller partitions. The first is for safety. If something happens to corrupt the file system, generally @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ the backups you've been carefully keeping) a portion of your system. At a bare minimum, you should consider creating what is commonly called a <quote>root partition</quote>. This contains the most essential components of the system. If any other partitions get corrupted, you -can still boot into GNU/Linux to fix the system. This can save you the +can still boot into GNU/&arch-kernel; to fix the system. This can save you the trouble of having to reinstall the system from scratch. </para><para> |